Wagon running-gear.



PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

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APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 20, 1906.

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WAGON RUNNING GEAR.

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WAGON RUNNING GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 20 1906 4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

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j F. PADGETT, OF LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI.

WAGON RU N N'l NG-GEAR.

T0 all whom it may con/cern.-

Be'it known that I, BENJAMrN F. PADGETT, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Laurel, in the county of Jones and State of Mississip i, have invented a new and useful Wagon unning-Gear, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to runningears for wagons especially ada ted for heavy hauling; and it consists in t e novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a running-gaaf` which may be easily and readily elongated or collapsed to accommodate the load being carried.

. In its preferred form the running-gear consists, primarily, of two four-wheel trucks, each ivotally supporting a bolster. To each olster is attached a air of parallel reaches, the reaches of one bo ster being disposed opposite the reaches of the other bolster. coupling-bar is adjustably secured to the reaches of the two holsters.

. The frontjaxle of the rear truck is provided with a stub-tongue which is ada ted to be secured to a laterally-adjustable ar, mounted upon the reach-arms of the rear bolster, an by adjusting the said bar laterally the axles of the rear truck may be turned and guided independent of the axles of the front truck.

straight line V the said whereby when wheels.

The axles of the front truck are also pivotally mounted, and

when the wagon is gomg 1n a axles are in parallel relation. Connections are provided between the front and rear axles of the said truck, a turn is made the front axle will swing on its pivot to a greater degree than the rear axle will. A king-bolt is permanently attached to the front truck running-gear. As amodied form a runninggear is provided, which is sup orted at its front and rear ends by axles eac having two Under some circumstances it may be desirable to substitute inthe place of either one of the four-wheel trucks a twowheel axle, and by so doing it is possible to have av six-wheel running-gear, either four wheels at the front end and. two at the back, prtlvvo wheels at the front end and four at the In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of t e running-gear wit parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the running-gear. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a modification of the Specicaton of 'Letters Patent. Application mea August 2o. 190e. serai No. 331,361.

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Patented March 12, 1907.

f running-gear. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sec-V tional view of the saine. Fig'. 5 is 'a side elevation of the four-wheel running-gear. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of one of the four-wheel trucks of the running-gear. Fig. 7 is a top l plan view of another assemblage of the two parts, and Fig. 8 is a side elevation of still another assemblage of the parts.

As the trucks are of substantially the same construction, a description of. one will answer for'both. The dierences in construction will be pointed out hereinafter.

The axles 1 and 2 are pivoted to the front and rear ends of the truck-reach 3. 'The hounds 4 are attached to the front axle 1, and the tongue 5 is attached to' the said hounds 4. The cross-bars 6 6 are superimposed upon the truck-reach 3 and the side bars 7 7 are pivoted at their forward ends between the axle 1 and the forward cross-bar 6 and at their rear ends are guided between the axle 2 and the rear cross-bar 6.

The bolster 8 1s pivoted to the axle-reach 3 their' forward ends are located closer together than their rearends. The parallel reach-arms 1'1 lextend fromthe side of the bolster 8 and are held rigidly with relation thereto/bymeans of the braces 12.

The coupling-bar 13 tween the oppositely-disposed parallel reachbars of the two holsters.A The said couplingbar 13 is provided along its central longitudinal axis with a series'o pin perforations 14. The bands 15 are fixed to the reach-bars 11 near the ends thereof and .'are provided with the pin perforations 16. It is obvious that by removing the pin 17fro'mthe perforation 16 and any particular perforation 14 of the bar 13 that the said bar may be moved longitudinally under the band 15 and may be secured in adjusted position with relation thereto. Thus the holsters may be brought together or moved away from each other; The bands 18 are slidab y located upon the bar 13 and upon the reach-arms 11 Said band is provi ed with a pin-perforation 19. whichreceives the pin `20, and by means of such pin and perforation the said band may 5 of the rear truck is attached said rods are not in parallel relation, but

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. is adapte Aro to theA bar 21, which is transversely of the reach-bars 1l. The said bar 21 is supported from the reach-bars 11 by the clips or guides 22. The said bar 21 is provided along its longitudinal axis with a series of in-perforations 23, and the pin 24 s to pass vertically through any one of the perl'orations 14 in the bar 13 and enters one of the perforations 23 in the bar 21.

It is obvious that by shifting the said bar 23l laterally that the axles of the rear truck will be turned on their pivots, and that, owing to the fact that the rods 10 are closer together at their forward ends than they are at tlheir rear ends the axle 1 will describe a greatera'rc than will the axle 2. The front truck is rovided with a fifth-wheel 25, uponwhich t e under edge of the'front bolster rests. The bolsters 8 are provided on their upperedges and at their ends with the upwardly-disposed vportions 26, whichare adapted to retain logs or similar articles in position upon the bolsters.

Having described my invention, wha-t I `el aim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A running-gear comprising a pair ol' trucks, each truck having a bolster pivoted thereto, parallel reach-arms attached to each bolster, the arms of one bolster extending toward the arms of the other bolster, and a coupling-bar unattached directly to either bolster'and connecting the two sets of reacharms together. i

2. A runm'ng-gear comprising a pair of trucks, each truck having a bolster pivotally mounted thereon,` parallel reach-arms attached to each bolster, the arms of one boladapted to slide Y closer together than their rear ster extending toward the arms'of theother tongue connecting said bar with the axle of p the rear truck.

4. A running-gear comprisin `a pair of trucks each having pivoted kax es, a reach connecting said trucks together, bars pivotally connected to the front axles ol the trucks and slidably engaging the rear axles of the trucks, rods pivotally their forward ends to the front axles ofthe truck and pivotally connected at their rear ends to the rear axles ol' the trucks saidrods lying wholly on opposite sides4 of the "axlepivots, the forward ends ofv said bars being ends.

5. A runningear comprising trucks con nected by a reach, pivoted axles attached to the truck, bars ivotally connected to the forward axle of tlie truck and slidably engaf ing the rear axle oi' the truck, rods pivotal y connected at their ends to the front and rear axles of the truck said rods lying wholly on opposite sides of the axle-pivots.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as` affixed my signature v y1n the presence of two witnesses.

my own I have hereto BEN J F. PADGETT. Witnesses:

G. H. JONES, l A. MARCUS.

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